This Damsel Is Not in Distress

Tee Harlowe

A magical castle. The woman who’s to become queen. And her growing feelings for the bodyguard that might just ruin it all. When Niamh Merridon flees her war-torn kingdom, she doesn’t expect to stumble upon a tower that provides the protection she’s always wanted . . . Until some idiot arrives to “rescue” her and somehow gets her locked out. Now she’s stuck with Rafe “the Wolfe” Wolfgang, a grumpy guard who’s wholly unsusceptible to her charms. Worse, he claims she’s to marry his prince because of some prophecy. Niamh isn’t keen on the idea, especially when she arrives at a sentient castle and discovers she can’t become queen until the castle presents her with a key. How does she get this key? No one seems to know.Niamh quickly realizes this might give her the safety she seeks . . . if she can survive the disappearing doors, shifting rooms, and mysterious secrets, secrets more dangerous than her own. Yet the hardest part of it all might be resisting the broody guard who makes her feel brave. If she can’t avoid the temptation, it won’t just be her heart on the line, but her life. This Damsel Is Not in Distress is a standalone cozy, spicy romantasy with a grumpy/sunshine forbidden romance, a mischievous castle, and a know-it-all magical bookwyrm.

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Every Bookshop Needs a Cat

Takuya Asakura

Curl up with a good cat… Amane Morikawa arrives at the bookshop she’s inherited from her grandfather in Onomichi, only to find a dusty space with empty bookshelves – and a group of characterful cats who’ve made it their home. Comforted by her new feline friends, Amane begins to connect with the people around her. A clockmaker who tends to the cats. A photographer. A record shop owner. Each meeting drawing her closer to a new purpose: reopening the bookshop. But the shop needs more than repairs … Can the cats, mysterious guardians of the bookshop, lead Amane to the missing piece that will bring it back to life? Full of charm and creature comforts, this healing tale from Japanese bestseller Takuya Asakura shows that every reader – and every bookshop – really does need a good cat.

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The Sixth Faction (A New Divergent Series)

Veronica Roth

Beatrice Prior stands on the brink of a decision every person in her world must make: five factions, five futures, five lives. She has a plan: she's going to make the bravest choice, and leave Abnegation behind to join Dauntless, even though it means leaving her family behind. But when tragedy strikes at her Choosing Ceremony, everything changes—her world, her plans, even Beatrice herself. Her ensuing decision thrusts her into the crosshairs of an underground rebellion, and into the path of a boy with secrets as dangerous as her own—a boy with only a number for a name. One choice will change everything.

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